Airbus Operations Gmbh

Airbus Deutschland Gmbh

Gerd Bruechmann

Christian Riedel

Ulrich Rittner

Michael Netzler

Christian Wiese

Ulrich Huetzen

A monitoring system for an aircraft cabin has a main computing unit, a galley operator control apparatus and a physically separate data distribution apparatus, having a first computing unit and a second computing unit, which is autonomous in respect of the latter, and connected via an interface circuit for data interchange. The first computing unit is set up to take a cabin output signal received from the main computing unit for providing an operating signal for operating a cabin function. The second computing unit is set up to take a control command received from a galley operator control apparatus display device as a basis for providing a switching signal prompting a power control device to switch an electrical load on or off, set up to take a cabin output signal received from the first computing unit for providing a display signal to reproduce information on the display device.

Monitoring system for the cabin of an aircraft, data distribution apparatus and aircraft

A communication module includes a communication module, having an inductive energy transfer unit, a transfer driver coupled to the inductive energy transfer unit and configured to generate driver signals for operating the inductive energy transfer unit, a charging processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in an inductive power charging operation mode, and a communication processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in a near field communication (NFC), operation mode.

Method and device for communication with a personal electronic device in an aircraft

An aircraft cabin management panel and an aircraft cabin management system including the aircraft cabin management panel. The aircraft cabin management panel includes a user interface and a control unit configured to communicate a control instruction to at least one of a plurality of cabin components provided in an aircraft cabin upon an input received via the user interface. The control instruction enables the at least one of the plurality of cabin components to perform an operation in accordance with the control instruction.

Panel and system for aircraft cabin management

A circuit arrangement can carry out a method for controlling the light transmission of an electrochromic glass that involves generating a control voltage that is applied to the electrochromic glass to bring about a desired transparency or lack of transparency. The method optimizes, i.e. minimizes, the electrical energy that must be applied to the electrochromic glass, with respect to magnitude and duration, while achieving the desired degree of transparency very quickly. The actual voltage on the glass is measured at certain intervals and compared with a reference voltage that corresponds to a desired light transmission. A control voltage of positive or negative polarity is applied to the electrochromic glass for a certain charging or discharging period, depending on the deviation of the actual voltage from the reference value, and the actual voltage on the glass is again measured and compared with the reference voltage. These steps are repeated until the actual voltage on the glass is substantially equal to the reference voltage. The control voltage is then switched off or reduced such that no control current flows in the glass, until a subsequent measurement determines that the actual voltage has fallen below the reference voltage by more than an acceptable threshold difference amount, at which point the control voltage is again switched on.

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Buchholz, Germany

Gerd Bruechmann